Senior Robotics Data Engineer, Frontier AI & Robotics (FAR)

Roboticsconnected; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 130,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon's Frontier AI & Robotics (FAR) team is building advanced robotic systems through frontier foundation models, and high-quality data collection is a core input to that research. You will own the technical execution and continuous improvement of early‑stage data collection, partnering with researchers to translate objectives into reliable workflows and ensuring training‑ready data.

In this role you will lead end-to-end collection iterations, develop SOPs, serve as the technical SME for

Qualifications

• Experience leading data collection or data-ops in robotics or ML projects.
• Strong collaboration with researchers, engineers, and operations.
• Ability to diagnose issues with hardware, sensors, and collection software.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end collection iterations from requirements to training-ready data.
• Develop and refine SOPs with researchers; maintain version control.
• Serve as SME for collection workflows, equipment, and tools; diagnose issues.
• Provide coaching to data collectors and calibrate against quality standards.
• Assess risks, determine continuation or escalation, ensuring safety and data integrity.
• Own collection performance metrics and use dashboards for root-cause analysis.
• Lead operational improvements and reusable workflows across stations.
• Coordinate with researchers, engineering, operations and annotation partners; escalate when needed.

Job description

Are you interested in solving the most critical operations problem behind cutting-edge robotics development? Interested in fast dynamic environment? Amazon's Frontier AI & Robotics (FAR) team is building advanced robotic systems through frontier foundation models, and high-quality data collection is a core input to that research.

Key job responsibilities

• Own the technical execution and continuous improvement of early-stage data collection for advanced robotics. Partner with researchers to translate research objectives into reliable collection workflows, improve data quality, and shorten policy training iteration cycles. Work independently within agreed priorities, providing hands‑on technical guidance to data collectors and coordinating execution across research, engineering, and operations.

In this role, you will

• - Own end‑to‑end collection iterations for assigned research tasks, from requirements and station readiness through pilot collection, quality review, and delivery of training‑ready data. Coordinate dependencies and resolve blockers to meet agreed quality and turnaround goals.
• - Partner with researchers to develop and refine SOPs, translating task objectives, failure modes, and evaluation feedback into clear collection instructions and acceptance criteria. Maintain version control and ensure collectors adopt changes consistently.
• - Serve as the technical subject matter expert for assigned collection workflows, equipment, and tools. Independently diagnose complex issues involving robotics hardware, sensors, calibration, collection software, and data integrity; engage engineering partners when resolution requires deeper expertise.
• - Provide critical technical direction and coaching to data collectors. Demonstrate correct execution, calibrate collectors against quality standards, and develop their troubleshooting skills and judgment.
• - Assess operational and technical risks, including equipment readiness, unsafe conditions, data loss, and quality degradation. Determine when to continue, pause collection, or **escalate**, and coordinate recovery within established safety and technical boundaries.
• - Own collection performance metrics, including usable‑data yield, rework, station availability, and iteration turnaround time. Use dashboards and root‑cause analysis to identify recurring issues and verify that corrective actions improve results.
• - Lead operational improvement projects that reduce collection failures and iteration delays. Develop and implement reusable workflows, troubleshooting guides, readiness checks, and lightweight tooling, and drive adoption across relevant stations, shifts, and partner teams.
• - Coordinate technical and nontechnical stakeholders, including researchers, engineering, operations, and annotation partners. Communicate priorities, trade‑offs, risks, and decisions clearly, and **escalate** issues that threaten delivery commitments.